Tugan Sokhiev, the great Russian conductor who worked successfully at the helm of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse for 14 years, returns to the pink city but this time to conduct the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for an exceptional concert as part of the excellent Les Grands Interprètes serie. Prokofiev‘s suites from Romeo and […]

While it can boast a glorious past, Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos remains a low-key venue with a programme that European music lovers have been watching out for. The eighteenth-century theatre, located in the heart of the historic Chiado district, hosts only a handful of productions each season, as the institution has other, more […]

Since taking over the venue, the Opera a Palazzo troupe is planning two evenings of celebration, on 30 and 31 December 2023, in the enchanting setting of the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris. A performance of Verdi’s La Traviata on the 30th (as well as on 15 and 29 December) will be followed by […]

Following the success of previous campaigns, the Théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique is launching its 4th crowdfunding campaign in aid of its Maîtrise populaire, a multi-disciplinary programme of excellence in the performing arts for young people aged 8 to 25 from all social backgrounds. The Maîtrise has 115 students, not necessarily musicians to begin with, supervised […]

The Grand Théâtre de Genève is preparing to host the event production of its season. From 13 to 26 December 2023, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier is conducted by Jonathan Nott, Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande leading his orchestra, with a top-class cast. The delicate Swedish soprano Maria Bengtsson performs as […]

The Oper Leipzig has just announced the name of its new musical director. From the 2025-26 season, conductor Ivan Repušić will be the new Generalmusikdirektor at the helm of the Gewandhausorchester, as the opera house can boast of regularly having one of Europe’s greatest orchestras in its pit. Currently Principal Conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and […]

Hot topings at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. As Verdi’s Don Carlo, the big event of the season opening, is being rehearsed, we learn of the defection of René Pape in the role of Filippo II. He is replaced by Michele Pertusi (as is Ekaterina Semenchuk in the role of Eboli by Veronica Simeoni on 30 […]

In keeping with its desire to involve an orchestra in its programming, the Grand Théâtre de Provence is welcoming the Cercle de l’Harmonie and its conductor Jérémie Rhorer to take up residence in Aix-en-Provence. A number of projects have been developed, including immersion courses in the orchestra, backstage tours, discoveries of the different professions involved […]

Jonathan Tetelman, the new tenor the world over has been snapping up, is Werther in Baden-Baden, directed by Robert Carsen. Having already performed the role in Lima and Montevideo, the American-Chilean artist offers his European premiere on 24 and 26 November 2023 to Festspielhaus audiences who will be able to say “I was there”. As […]

While performances of Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld have just ended at the Opéra Comique, its director Thomas Jolly is not leaving the Salle Favart, as the production of Offenbach’s Fantasio will be revived from 13 to 23 December 2023. Premiered in 2017 at the Théâtre du Châtelet during the renovation of the Opéra-Comique, this production […]